'Keppel1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Keppel of Albemarle, Keppel of Lexham Hall

                               
BP1934 reports that "This noble family was originally seated in Guelderland, and had a castle there, considerable for its privileges and antiquity." Descended from Walter Van Keppel, Lord of Keppel (a 1179) was ...
Osewolt Van Keppel, Herr Van Der Voorst, Baron Van Keppel (d 1685)
m. Reinira Anna Gertruyde (dau of Johan Van Lintello Tot de Mars)
1. Arnold Joost Osewolt Van Keppel, Herr Van Der Voorst, Baron Van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle (b 1670, d 05.1718)
  Arnold accompanied the Prince of Orange (later King William III) to England, initially as a page of honour.
  m. (06.1701) Gertrude de Querina (d 12.1741, dau of Adam Van Der Duyn or Denjin, Lord of St. Gravenmoer)
  A. William Anne Van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (b 05.06.1702, d 22.12.1754)
  m. (21.02.1722) Anne Lennox (b 24.06.1703, d 20.10.1789, dau of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond)
i. George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (b 05.04.1724, d 13.10.1772, Lt. General)
  m. (20.04.1770) Anne Miller (d 03.07.1824, dau of Sir John Miller, Bart of Chichester)
  a. William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle (b 14.05.1772, d 30.10.1849)
  m1. (09.04.1792) Elizabeth Southwell (b 11.01.1776, d 14.11.1817, dau of Edward Southwell, Lord De Clifford)
  (1) Augustus Frederick Keppel, 5th Earl of Albemarle (b 02.06.1794, dsp 15.03.1851, 2nd son)
  m. (04.05.1816) Frances Steer (dsp 16.05.1869, dau of Charles Steer of Chichester)
  (2) George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle (b 13.06.1799, d 21.02.1891, General)
  m. (04.08.1831) Susan Trotter (b c1806, d 03.08.1885, dau of Sir Coutts Trotter, 1st Bart)
  (3) Edward Southwell Keppel (b 16.08.1800, d 01.12.1883, rector of Quiddenham)
  m. (24.07.1828) Maria Clements (d 08.01.1885, dau of Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim)
(4) Sir Henry Keppel (b 14.06.1809, d 17.01.1904, Admiral, 7th son) had issue
  m1. (25.02.1839) Katherine Louisa Crosbie (dsp 05.06.1859, dau of General Sir John Crosbie)
  m2. (31.10.1861) Jane Elizabeth West (d 21.04.1895, dau of Martin John West)
  (5) Thomas Robert Keppel (b 17.01.1811, d 20.04.1863, rector of North Creake) had issue
  m. (28.03.1833) Frances Barrett-Lennard (d 31.08.1890, dau of Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Bart)
  (6) Sophia Keppel (d 29.09.1824)
  m. (10.08.1819) Sir James Macdonald, Bart (d 29.06.1832)
  (7) Anne Amelia Keppel (b 16.06.1803, d 22.07.1844)
  m1. (26.02.1822) Thomas William Coke of Holkham, 1st Earl of Leicester (b 06.05.1754, d 30.06.1842)
  m2. (25.10.1843) Edward Ellice (d 20.09.1863, MP)
  (8) Mary Keppel (b c1804, d 20.09.1884)
  m1. (20.02.1826) Henry Frederick Stephenson (d 30.07.1858)
  m2. (18.02.1868) Samuel Charles Whitbread of Southill (d 27.05.1879)
(9) Georgiana Charlotte Keppel (d 30.03.1854)
  m1. (31.03.1827) Edward Eustace Hill
  m2. (04.08.1849) William Henry Magan of Clonear (d 1861)
  (10) Caroline Elizabeth Keppel (d 26.05.1898)
  m. (23.05.1835) Thomas Garnier (d 07.12.1863, Dean of Lincoln, son of Thomas, Dean of Winchester)
  (11)+ other issue - William (b 01.03.1793, d 09.04.1804), Charles James (b 1805, d 27.09.1817), Francis Roger (b 20.11.1807, d 15.12.1816), John Russel (b 06.06.1815, d 03.12.1823), Elizabeth (b 23.04.1798, d 26.04.1806)
  m2. (11.02.1822) Charlotte Susannah Hunloke (dsp 13.10.1862, dau of Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart)
  ii. Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel of Elveden (b 02.04.1725, d unm 03.10.1786, Admiral)
  p. ??
  a. Elizabeth Keppel (d 1828) probably of this generation
  m. Thomas Meyrick (d 1830)
  iii. William Keppel (b 05.11.1727, d unm 03.1782, Lt. General, CIC Ireland)
  iv. Frederick Keppel, Bishop of Exeter (d 27.12.1777, Dean of Windsor)
  m. (13.09.1758) Louisa or Laura Walpole (d 27.07.1813, natural dau of Sir Edward Walpole)
a. Frederick Keppel of Lexham Hall (b 12.11.1762, d 12.04.1830)
  m. (05.08.1796) Louisa Clive (d 16.03.1832, dau of George Clive of Wormbridge)
  (1) Frederick Walpole Keppel of Lexham Hall (b 23.05.1797, d 24.12.1858) had issue
  m. (22.07.1848) Mary Anne Hodgkinson (d 12.01.1880, dau of E. Hodgkinson)
  (2) Edward George Walpole Keppel (b 13.04.1799, dsp 12.11.1859, Colonel)
  m. (26.05.1859) Harriet Jacqueline Buller (dsp 13.11.1904, dau of Sir Anthony Buller of Pound)
  (3) William Arnold Walpole Keppel of Lexham Hall (b 07.10.1804, d 26.11.1888, rector of Haynford) had issue
  m. (07.09.1830) Frances Georgiana Sophia Marsham (d 07.06.1883, dau of Robert Marsham of Stratton)
  b. Anna Maria Keppel (d 1836)
  m. (1790) William Stapleton (b 06.06.1770, d 1826, Lt. General)
c. Laura Keppel (d 2.06.1798)
  m. (02.07.1784) George Ferdinand FitzRoy, 2nd Lord Southampton (b 07.08.1761, d 24.06.1810, Lt. General)
  d. Charlotte Augusta Keppel
  m. (1802) Robert Foote of Charlton Place
  v. Mary Elizabeth Keppel (d 1740)
  vi. Caroline Keppel
  m. Robert Adair of Marylebone
  a. Elizabeth Adair (b 1768/9, d 02.03.1841, 2nd dau) apparently of this generation
  m. (12.02.1788) George Barrington, 5th Viscount of Ardglass (b 16.07.1761, d 04.03.1829, prebendary of Durham)
  vii. Elizabeth Keppel (d 02.11.1768)
  m. (08.06.1764) Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (b 27.09.1739, dvp 22.03.1767)
  B. Sophia Van Keppel
  m. John Thomas (brother of Sir Edward, Bart of Wenvoe Castle)

Main source(s): BP1934 (Albemarle) with support from TCP (Albemarle)
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